Article: Research on life sciences discussed by scientists at University of Stuttgart.

According to a study from Stuttgart, Germany, "The synthesis of functionalized pentalene derivatives is described."

"Bicyclo[3.3.0]octane-3,7-dione 5 (Weiss diketone) was converted in six steps into the silyl-protected 3-methylbicyclo[3.3.0]octenol 6, which was submitted to Lewis acid catalyzed carbonyl-ene reactions with trioxane yielding the primary alcohol 7 with exocyclic double bond in high yield. By subsequent kinetic resolution with lipases compound 7 was enantiomerically enriched (up to 94% ee)," wrote T. Anderl and colleagues, University of Stuttgart (see also Life Sciences).

The researchers concluded: "It was also demonstrated that compound 7 ...

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